vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-8016-1 (CVE-2025-68746): Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 24, 2025 | Feb 5, 2026 | Feb 6, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 24, 2025
Added
Feb 5, 2026
Modified
Feb 6, 2026
Description
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Cryptographic API;
- SPI subsystem;
- SMB network file system;
- io_uring subsystem;
(CVE-2025-38561, CVE-2025-39698, CVE-2025-40019, CVE-2025-68746)
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1045-nvidiaubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1045-nvidia-64kubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1045-nvidia-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1045-nvidia-lowlatency-64kubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidiaubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-6-8ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64kubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k-6-8ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22-04ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-6-8ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6-8
References
- CVE-2025-68746
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-68746
- UBUNTU-USN-8016-1
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01bbf25c767219b14c3235bfa85906b8d2cb8fbc
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551060efb156c50fe33799038ba8145418cfdeef
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4e002d8a7cee3b1d70efad0e222567f92a73000
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0c58be84f907285af45657c1d4847b960a12bf
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8016-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68746
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